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Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jun 2010, 19:43
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

residual: That's because the...

residual:



That's because the regulators closed the airspace before evidence accumulated.
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jun 2010, 21:46
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

I'm sick of this. Comments slagging off about...

I'm sick of this. Comments slagging off about regulators are just unfounded.

Here are the documents and research details to date.

ICAO volcanic ash contingency plan, edition 2 September 2009....
Forum: Rumours & News
30th May 2010, 22:22
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

There is some miscommunication here concerning...

There is some miscommunication here concerning risk.

What is missing is the statistical term called "expectation" which is the product of the probability of an event multiplied by the cost if the...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th May 2010, 23:59
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Your regulators have done a very good job in a...

Your regulators have done a very good job in a very short time. You should all be thankful.



And as a special favour, here is a couple of photos I just took of a scrapped first stage blade....
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2010, 23:22
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Brookes: I'm sorry to say that until...

Brookes:



I'm sorry to say that until your ash forecasting becomes more accurate and operational issues regarding maintaining separation for a mass diversion are addressed, then grounding may...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th May 2010, 23:42
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Infrequent: You may have a point about...

Infrequent:



You may have a point about piston engined aircraft and gliders. Last time I looked, the Piper I fly had an airfilter, but hey! the aircraft is hired so what do I care anyway? A...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th May 2010, 02:17
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Nothing I have said is wild or fanciful. I've...

Nothing I have said is wild or fanciful. I've watched the build of plenty of engines and I assure you it does not happen overnight. Do you know for example what tip grinding is? Do you know how many...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th May 2010, 21:31
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Brooks: Off you go then and develop...

Brooks:



Off you go then and develop your little program and pay for it yourself. The operational regulations about avoiding ash clouds in real time while maintaining separation standards with...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th May 2010, 06:21
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Brookes: If you want to attempt to...

Brookes:



If you want to attempt to forecast where ash is, then your industry can pay for it.

Meanwhile, in Two weeks from the start of the event, the airframe manufacturers, engine...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th May 2010, 21:53
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Frankly, as I've said before, I thought the whole...

Frankly, as I've said before, I thought the whole event has been handled very well. There will undoubtedly be review and analysis of what could have been done better, and of course with 20/20...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2010, 05:34
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

If you read the comments at that URL you will see...

If you read the comments at that URL you will see that this is NOT ash damage at all, but some sort of disk failure.
Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2010, 03:00
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Pace: I'm afraid you just don't get...

Pace:



I'm afraid you just don't get it.

1. See and avoid doesn't work by day with fine ash clouds as has already been demonstrated. It certainly doesn't work at night.

2. With at least...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2010, 21:06
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Garage Years: Very, very simple....

Garage Years:



Very, very simple. Erosion and overheat damage to turbine blades and nozzle guide vanes associated with glass clogged cooling holes.

By the way, the diffusion of...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th May 2010, 19:58
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Richard baby, do you think that the restrictions...

Richard baby, do you think that the restrictions are in place just for fun?
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2010, 18:40
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

MM Flynn: Go ahead, buy an aircraft...

MM Flynn:



Go ahead, buy an aircraft fitted with jet engines worth millions of dollars and become your own test pilot.

The Gurus have spoken, and their word is law.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2010, 17:17
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

As for the data on the DC8 incident in 2000 being...

As for the data on the DC8 incident in 2000 being "Old", I note that the engines on it are CFM 56 - variants of which are fitted to aircraft today. More modern engines are only going to have higher...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th May 2010, 23:05
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Sabenaboy: This has already been...

Sabenaboy:



This has already been posted, but as a courtesy:
Forum: Rumours & News
6th May 2010, 18:12
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

I have patiently explained about five times on...

I have patiently explained about five times on this thread exactly what the problem with ash ingestion is :- extremely costly damage to engines.

It appears that there are some people who are too...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th May 2010, 18:22
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Pace: 1. While the cost may be of...

Pace:



1. While the cost may be of little concern to you, I can assure you that a mistake on the part of the engine manufacturers, airframe builders, airlines, met office and regulators is...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th May 2010, 05:24
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

EI Premier: Yes it is extremely...

EI Premier:



Yes it is extremely annoying. What do you propose? Writing to the volcano?

You can't possibly be serious about requiring an airline to risk its investment in engines and...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd May 2010, 01:09
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

I personally thought Five days from Whoa to Go...

I personally thought Five days from Whoa to Go again is very quick, considering the scientific, technical, operational, not to mention regulatory, insurance and legal issues that had to be...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Apr 2010, 21:46
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Concord: You are forgetting that...

Concord:



You are forgetting that between each row of blades in both Compressor and turbine there are stator blades whose job is to ensure that precisely what you think will happen (rotational...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Apr 2010, 20:11
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

The number of pompous punters here who are...

The number of pompous punters here who are outraged that airspace was closed at all because the problem doesn't really exist is irritating.

The number who wonder why "tests" weren't done...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 21:41
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Paul: If we knew the answer to that we...

Paul:



If we knew the answer to that we might now be flying. Unfortunately nobody knows that just yet.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 18:45
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Roy Hudd: The naysayers like me...

Roy Hudd:





The naysayers like me are simply applying the precautionary principle. Would you rather lose a weeks pay or watch your fleet become progressively grounded by a lack of engines...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 10:50
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Let me put this in perspective. If we fly...

Let me put this in perspective.

If we fly you tomorrow to Benidorm or Greece for a hundred and fifty quid, will you cheerfully cough up Five hundred quid in three months time when we discover that...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 04:11
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Fakem: 1. The precautionary principle...

Fakem:



1. The precautionary principle applies, especially to things that might involve life. The Volcanic Ash is regarded as dangerous to aircraft UNTIL it is proved scientifically that the...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 00:00
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

I am staring at a GE First stage turbine blade as...

I am staring at a GE First stage turbine blade as I write this. It has dozens of holes in it that channel cooling air through it. The holes are about .25 mm or less in diameter. They are also angled...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2010, 22:21
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Silverstrata and dozens of others: ...

Silverstrata and dozens of others:




Of course you aren't a shareholder in an airline are you?

It's not going to be you who pick up a Forty million dollar bill when your "boroscope"...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2010, 20:19
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Falco1: Your expectations are too...

Falco1:



Your expectations are too high. You cannot fly jet aircraft through air significantly contaminated with Volcanic dust without damaging the engines.

Your "alternatives' are:

1....
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2010, 19:47
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Lompaseo: Commenting on shortening the lives...

Lompaseo:

Commenting on shortening the lives of turbine blades.



It's not a "long term issue" at all. If blade life is severely compromised, for example the DC* blades went from 1000 hours...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2010, 18:10
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

At the risk of squandering what little...

At the risk of squandering what little credibility I have by posting on this thread, I need to explain something to some of you....

The fact that someone can make a "Test flight" and return the...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2010, 11:54
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Could we please understand that there is no...

Could we please understand that there is no Administrative fix to this problem?

You cannot make this matter go away by redefining regulations.

What we have here is a straight forward...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2010, 00:42
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,131
Posted By Sunfish

Skyhook One: barbiesboyfriend: ...

Skyhook One:



barbiesboyfriend:



I'm sorry to have to tell you that it is not overdone.
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